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13.8_o 1_o king_n 3.9_o &_o 12._o 1_o chron._n 4.10_o but_o because_o temporal_a blessing_n may_v be_v sever_v from_o the_o good_a will_n of_o god_n therefore_o we_o must_v judge_v of_o the_o answer_n of_o our_o prayer_n from_o the_o grant_v we_o have_v in_o spiritual_a blessing_n as_o when_o we_o pray_v for_o a_o melt_a heart_n or_o a_o thirst_a heart_n and_o have_v one_o give_v to_o we_o and_o we_o may_v judge_v of_o temporal_a blessing_n to_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o prayer_n answer_v when_o those_o blessing_n be_v use_v to_o a_o sanctify_a end_n 2._o by_o the_o enlargement_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o holy_a desire_n psal_n 10.17_o thou_o have_v prepare_v their_o heart_n thou_o will_v cause_v thy_o ear_n to_o hear_v when_o a_o man_n have_v a_o bag_n and_o he_o fall_v to_o stretch_v of_o it_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n he_o mean_v to_o fill_v it_o so_o god_n enlarge_n the_o heart_n with_o more_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n long_n and_o breathe_n then_o ordinary_a it_o be_v a_o sign_n he_o mean_v to_o hear_v that_o prayer_n 3._o when_o we_o behold_v the_o face_n of_o god_n in_o prayer_n god_n sometime_o answer_v the_o prayer_n of_o his_o people_n with_o a_o cast_n of_o his_o countenance_n see_v psal_n 27.7_o 8_o 9_o also_o 22.24_o as_o petitioner_n may_v oft_o read_v their_o speed_n in_o the_o amiable_a countenance_n of_o those_o they_o petition_n job_n gave_v a_o undeniable_a reason_n why_o god_n be_v his_o salvation_n job_n 13.16_o which_o be_v because_o a_o hypocrite_n do_v not_o come_v before_o he_o as_o job_n do_v though_o every_o creature_n come_v into_o his_o omnipresence_n yet_o into_o his_o special_a presence_n to_o behold_v his_o face_n in_o prayer_n and_o to_o come_v within_o the_o list_n of_o his_o countenance_n only_o upright_a man_n come_v see_v psal_n 104.13_o 4._o when_o the_o conscience_n be_v able_a to_o commend_v the_o prayer_n set_v aside_o the_o infirmity_n job_n conscience_n commend_v his_o prayer_n to_o be_v pure_a job_n 16.17_o if_o thy_o conscience_n 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